[The Notorious B.I.G.]

MacBook Pro vs XPS 13

I have narrowed it down to these two laptops for college.

Does anyone here have any experience with either one?

[ۤMD5]

I'm using the XPS 13, great laptop and have no regrets. I'd choose it over a macbook any day.

[Egregious]

I'd take the XPS over the Mac any day.

[iNk.]

What are the specs on the XPS 13 and the macbook you are looking at?

Also price differences? What do you plan on using them for? I know you said school but like.. for what?

[The Notorious B.I.G.]

What are the specs on the XPS 13 and the macbook you are looking at?

Also price differences? What do you plan on using them for? I know you said school but like.. for what?

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/xps-13-9350-lap...350-laptop

http://www.apple.com/ie-edu/shop/buy-mac...tep=config#


It will mainly be for coding and design.

[OpDh54]

I heard a lot of bad things of the xps.

[Łuke]

XPS all day bro, Apple are terrible imho

[The Notorious B.I.G.]

XPS all day bro, Apple are terrible imho

I wouldn't call Apple terrible. I am a big fan of their design and build quality.

[BITW]

I am using MacBOOK PRO and Enjoying. I prefer going with MAC.

[minimalist]

My MBP was a gift from a family member three years ago and it's still running strong. Both are solid choices.

[Starchy]

I have an XPS 17, and my god, I must've been unlucky, but it seems to always be breaking. If something goes wrong then have fun replacing it. Dell parts are not cheap!

[๖ۣۜOpulence]

everyone in my CS class used a MBP or air,
I work at an IT company and Dell is garbage IMO

I have a macbook, have had it for 2 years now, it was expensive as fuck, but if I could go back I'd buy it again

get a MBP, you wont regret it. Dell is garbage.

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MBP is sexy asf
Made with higher quality parts
OSX GUI is sexy as fuck
You can use a VM for a windows machine (I use parallels, never had any compatibility problems EVER.)
with the MBP you'll get 2GB/s R/W speeds (Dell is barley pushing 500MB/s)
retina display is sexy asf
bitches love MBPs
Also, with a MBP you'll get double the ram it says because it will use virtual ram. I have 16GB and I can use 32GB
OSX is designed for apple hardware, producing performance that a windows machine will never be able to compete with

[Sunshine State]

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/xps-13-9350-lap...350-laptop

http://www.apple.com/ie-edu/shop/buy-mac...tep=config#


It will mainly be for coding and design.

With that kind of money you can buy a kick ass maxxed out Macbook. I'd go with apple. You can never go wrong with long battery life and the elegance.

[๖ۣۜOpulence]

With that kind of money you can buy a kick ass maxxed out Macbook. I'd go with apple. You can never go wrong with long battery life and the elegance.

Yes ^^ and after 2 years with my MBP my battery health is still 94%, I can go a full day at work (8Hrs continuous use) without charging.

If I dumb down the brightness and backlit keyboard it will last longer, also I took my MBP on vacation with me, forgot the charger. Didn't need to charge it all week. granted I didn't use it too much BC vacation and stuff

[The Notorious B.I.G.]

Yes ^^ and after 2 years with my MBP my battery health is still 94%, I can go a full day at work (8Hrs continuous use) without charging.

If I dumb down the brightness and backlit keyboard it will last longer, also I took my MBP on vacation with me, forgot the charger. Didn't need to charge it all week. granted I didn't use it too much BC vacation and stuff

Im leaning towards the MacBook. I am wondering is there an update coming out soon as the last update was a year ago.